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Sparks Auctions Sale: 36

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
British Central Africa

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 721
Symbol: *
Cat No: 21-28

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image 1895 1d to 5sh Coat of Arms Short Set, Unwatermarked, all mint hinged, with bright, fresh colours, overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,283

Opening C$ 475.00
Sold...C$ 475.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:26:34 EST
Sold For 475

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 722
Symbol: *
Cat No: 32-39

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image 1896 1d to 5sh Coat of Arms Short Set, Watermark Crown and CA, mint hinged, with bright, fresh colours, overall fine. (Image)

Scott $ 870

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:27:14 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 723
Symbol: *
Cat No: 43-55, 57

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image 1897-1901 1d to £1 Coat of Arms Set, mint lightly hinged, with bright colours, fresh and fine or better. Also includes the 1897 One Penny surcharge. (Image)

Scott $ 1,543

Opening C$ 675.00
Sold...C$ 675.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:27:43 EST
Sold For 675

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 724
Symbol: *
Cat No: 60-68, 70, 73

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image 1903-04 1d to £1 King Edward VII Set, also includes the two denominations issued in 1907, all mint lightly hinged, fresh and mostly very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 835

Opening C$ 400.00
Sold...C$ 400.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:28:34 EST
Sold For 400


British Commonwealth

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 725
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection

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image George V Silver Jubilee Omnibus Collection, appears to be all mint hinged, in a Stanley Gibbons springback album including all 250 issued stamps. The Scott catalogue value given is for all regular issues only and does not include the four following varieties listed in Stanley Gibbons as: K.U.T. SG 125f (£225) and SG 125g (£275), Mauritius SG 246f (£150) and SG 247g (£325) as well as several others identified by the owner but not listed. (Image)

Scott $ 1,337

Opening C$ 750.00
Sold...C$ 750.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:29:41 EST
Sold For 750

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 726
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image Group of Omnibus Collections, George VI and QEII, starts with a 1937 George VI Coronation collection of 189 stamps (complete) in black mounts in a White Ace album (Scott $261) and continues with two Queen Elizabeth II collections of the 1953 Coronation and 1977 Silver Jubilee. The first contains 97 hinged stamps in a Stanley Gibbons / Rapkin souvenir album including a number of countries (Scott $150) and the second is of 106 stamps (complete) in black mounts in a White Ace album; we checked and noted a dozen pages were NH (Scott $164). The Silver Jubilee collection contains 88 mostly full Vario pages and includes hundreds of souvenir sheets, gutter pairs, Royal Visit and other overprints and numerous booklets. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 170.00
Sold...C$ 170.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:30:25 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 727
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Four Thick Stockbooks of Mint and Used Collector's Duplicates, all arranged alphabetically, with many of the QV and KEVII issues identified by their SG numbers. These stockbooks are filled with valuable mint and used singles and sets, and we noted better used including Aden 1-11, Antigua 91-95, Barbados 73, Br. East Africa 36-37, Br. Guiana 205-09, Cook Islands 26, Dominica 4-9, Falklands 22-27, 54-61, 96, Fiji 131A-B, Gold Coast 35, Hong Kong 65-66, 83, 106, 124, 145-46, Kenya / Uganda 33, 46, 58, Labuan 33-39, Malta 184-87, Montserrat 114-26, Pitcairn 1-8, 12, St Lucia 19-22, 130, St Vincent 9-10, Samoa 21, Sarawak 106, 108, Seychelles 15-16, 18, Sierra Leone 1, 5, 173-85, 189, Tobago 1-2, 8, 10, 12, Turks Isl. 8, 42, Zanzibar 225, Zululand 15-20, and many more. There is also a valuable holding of better mint, including highlights such as Antigua 17, Barbados 4, 6, Bermuda 123-28, Br. East Africa 50, 53, Br. Honduras 104, Brunei 1-6, 8, 11-12, Cayman 69-79, Ceylon 162-63, 167-77, 195-96, Cyprus 143-55, 168-82, 196-97, Dominica 34, Falklands 15-18, 20, 60-63, 65-72, Fiji 131A-B, Gambia 153-67, Gibraltar 142-45, Gold Coast 26-34, Grenada 68-76, Hong Kong 106, 147-50, 160-65A, 167, Jamaica 43-45, 49-54, 61-70, 75-87, 98-100, 141, Lagos 7-8, 11, Leeward Is. 79-83, Malta 66-73, 131-47, 160-65, Mauritius 32-34, 38-39, 51-53, 56-58, 79, 195-99, Montserrat 7, 114-26, Nauru 17-28, 60, Nevis 29-30, New Guinea 18-24, C43, Nigeria 30-32, 38-49, Niue 50-52, North Borneo 244-58, 261-78, B5-7, N. Rhodesia 61-74, Nyasaland 38-50, 54-67, 68-81, 97-111, Papua New Guinea 19-26, 94-108, Pitcairn 1-8, Rhodesia 101-06, 110-11, 119-33, 135 (x3), St Helena 50-55, 80-91, 101-05, 116-27, 140-52, St Christopher 1-2, 4-5, St Kitts-Nevis 79-90, St Lucia 2, 15, 52-55, 110-26, St Vincent 38-39, Samoa 20, 22, 123-25, Sarawak 26-27, 99-108, 130-33, 180-94, Seychelles 22-25, 52-60, 62, 88-89, 114, 125-48, 198-212, Sierra Leone 11-15, 20, 53-54, 64-74, 76 (NH), 195-207, Somaliland 14-20, 84-95, Southern Nigeria 10-19, 25-29, Southern Rhodesia 81-94, Sudan 7-8, 9-15, 17-27, Swaziland 63-66, Tonga 1-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-14, 21-24, 29-32, 33-35, Trinidad 68-73, Trinidad & Tobago 19, MR9 (NH), 34-42, 50-61, Tristan 14-27, 28-41, Turks Is. 3, 7, Turks & Caicos 9, 21-22, Zanzibar 53, 99-108, 134 Zululand 7, 9-10, and so much more. Not your average "duplicates" collection, and sure to please both collectors or dealers. The catalogue value of $44,000 is conservative and does not include many varieties only listed in SG, or much of the modern material, nor does it include a collection of Samoa that has both good and dubious early issues which we added to this lot at the last minute. Scans only show a small portion. (Image)

Scott $ 44,000

Opening C$ 10,500.00
Sold...C$ 10,500.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:31:24 EST
Sold For 10500

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 728
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Complete Omnibus Sets from 1935 to 1967, a seldom seen valuable collection of all 19 of the Omnibus sets issued in the period. We note a few varieties identified by the owner, such as for example a "dot" on the 1935 3d Gilbert & Ellice issue, some shades, etc. The 1935 sets all appear to be hinged, the 1937 Coronation and 1946 Peace sets are mostly never hinged and from the 1948 Silver Wedding to the 1967 U.N.E.S.C.O. set all are never hinged. Very fine and fresh, scans only show a small portion. (Image)

Est $ 750

Opening C$ 3,200.00
Sold...C$ 3,200.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:31:53 EST
Sold For 3200

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 729
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image Mint Collections on Black Stock Pages, with Samoa ($250, 57-73, 1900-1915), Ross Dependency ($100, 1-36, 1957-1995), Tokelau Islands ($26, 1-32 NH, 1948-71), South Georgia ($360, 1/302, 9 sets from 1963 to 2004), Christmas Island ($70, 1/84, 1958-78), Cocos Islands ($35, 1/158, 5 sets), Barbuda ($200, 1-31 complete), British Indian Ocean Territory ($184, 1/216), Maldives ($31, two sets from 1956-1960), Anguilla ($265, 17/1106 many NH sets from 1967-2004), Uganda ($355, 69-129, missing only #70 to be complete in range), Tanzania ($50, 1-34), Nevis ($7, 121a-134a), Nauru ($58, 114/405), Qatar ($183, 1-36 NH from 1957-1961) and Oman ($400, 1-93, O1-10). Overall fresh and fine to very fine, mix of hinged and never hinged, all pages scanned online. (Image)

Scott $ 2,574

Opening C$ 850.00
Sold...C$ 850.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:32:51 EST
Sold For 850

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 730
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mostly Modern Accumulation of Odds and Ends, all on 37 double-sided black stock pages in a deluxe binder with slipcase. Some items are noteworthy such as Bahrain issues, Kuwait sets from the mid-1960s, some Penrhyn, Samoa mint #200, Trinidad & Tobago 1935 Silver Jubilee issues in NH blocks of four, Tokelau sets, Tangier #525-26, etc. Mix of used and mint, with more of the latter. See scans for a small sample, all very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 225.00
Sold...C$ 225.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:33:47 EST
Sold For 225


British East Africa

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 731
Symbol: *
Cat No: 38-51

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image 1895 ½a to 4r Sun and Crown Overprinted Part Set, mint hinged, the 2½a has short perfs at top, else overall fine or better. The 1r is accompanied by a 1979 B.P.A. certificate. (Image)

Scott $ 2,865

Opening C$ 900.00
Sold...C$ 900.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:34:28 EST
Sold For 900

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 732
Symbol: *
Cat No: 64-59, 62-71

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image 1895 ½s to 5r Queen Victoria Overprinted Set, mint hinged, with bright colours, overall fine or better. (Image)

Scott $ 992

Opening C$ 475.00
Sold...C$ 475.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:34:59 EST
Sold For 475

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 733
Symbol: *
Cat No: 95-100

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image 1897 Overprinted Set with Red Surcharges, mint hinged, overall fine to very fine and seldom offered. (Image)

Scott $ 1,240

Opening C$ 575.00
Sold...C$ 600.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:35:37 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 734
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: 14/93

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image Mint Collection on Black Stock Pages, 1890-1909, a valuable collection with only one used stamp (Br. E. Africa #24). The mint issues from Br. E. Africa are #s 14/30 (missing #24), 36-37, 53a, 54-59, 62-71, 72/87 (missing 73) and 88-93. Also includes East Africa and Uganda Protectorate, featuring #s 14, 17-29, 31-39. Overall fine to very fine, all pages can be seen online. (Image)

Scott $ 5,325

Opening C$ 2,200.00
Sold...C$ 2,000.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:36:21 EST
Sold For 2000


British Guiana

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 735
Symbol: *
Cat No: 17

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image 1861 1c Brown Red Seal of the Colony, Perforated 12, mint with full original gum, lightly hinged, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 500

Opening C$ 250.00
Sold...C$ 250.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:37:04 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 736
Symbol: O
Cat No: 18/71a

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image Advanced Collection of 45 Different Used Seal of the Colony Issues, 1860-1876, with Scott #s 18-22, 22a, 25, 27, 27a, 27b, 28, 32, 33, 33D, 33E, 34, 44, 44B, 49 (2 shades), 52, 54 (4 shades), 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 65a (2 shades), 66, 66a, 67, 67a, 68, 68a, 68b, 69 (x2), 69a, 70, 71, 71a. With a variety of postmarks (including an "A03" in red), etc. A few small faults such as pulled perfs, else overall fine or better. A rare opportunity. (Image)

Scott $ 3,021

Opening C$ 1,500.00
Sold...C$ 1,600.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:37:36 EST
Sold For 1600

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 737
Symbol: *
Cat No: 19, 20, 44

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image 1860 2c, 4c and 8c Seal of the Colony Issues, each mint hinged, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,625

Opening C$ 550.00
Sold...C$ 550.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:38:24 EST
Sold For 550

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 738
Symbol: *
Cat No: 23/44d

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image 1860-65 1c to 12c Seal of the Colony Group on Thin Paper, Perforated 12, all mint lightly hinged, with Scott #s 23 (tear at top), 24, 26, 27b, 44A and 44Ad (tiny stain at left). Overall fine and fresh group of this difficult issue. (Image)

Scott $ 2,165

Opening C$ 675.00
Sold...C$ 675.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:39:08 EST
Sold For 675

Sale No: 36
Lot No: 739
Symbol: *
Cat No: 29-31, 44B

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image 1862-65 1c to 8c Seal of the Colony Issues on Thin Paper, Perforated 12½ and 13, each is mint lightly hinged, the 1c has a small closed tear at top, 2c has irregular perforations. The 4c is signed by Aimé Brun, overall fresh and fine. A difficult printing to find this nice. (Image)

Scott $ 640

Opening C$ 160.00
Sold...C$ 170.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:40:01 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 36
Lot No: 740
Symbol: *
Cat No: 33A/48

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image 1864-68 1c to 8c Seal of the Colony Group, with mint Scott #s 33A, 33B, 33Ba, 33C, 33E, 45, 46, 46a, 47 and 48. All lightly hinged and mostly fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,702

Opening C$ 550.00
Sold...C$ 550.00


Closed..Apr-20-2021, 10:40:59 EST
Sold For 550

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